Books

Monsoon season is the perfect time to snuggle up with your little ones and dive into the magical world of books. The sound of raindrops and the cozy ambiance set the stage for enchanting storytime adventures. Here’s a list of must-read books that will captivate your children’s imaginations and make rainy days a lot more fun.

1. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle

This classic tale of a caterpillar's transformation into a butterfly is perfect for young readers. The vibrant illustrations and simple, repetitive text make it an engaging read.

Why It's Great: Teaches counting, days of the week, and the life cycle of a butterfly.

Storytime Tip: Create a themed snack with the fruits mentioned in the book.

2. "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak

Join Max on his wild adventure to an island inhabited by strange and wonderful creatures. This beloved story is a journey of imagination and emotions.

Why It's Great: Encourages imagination and emotional understanding.

Storytime Tip: Have

In today's digital age, where screens seem to dominate our lives, instilling a love for books and reading in children is more important than ever. Reading not only fosters a child's imagination and cognitive development but also opens doors to a world of knowledge and creativity. If you're a parent or guardian in India looking for quality children's books, you're in luck because Lilamigosnest offers a fantastic online platform for sourcing a wide variety of baby, primary books, and kids books.

Discover a World of Children's Books Online

Lilamigosnest has become the go-to destination for parents, grandparents, and caregivers looking to buy books for the little ones in their lives. Their impressive collection includes general books, preschool books, STEM books, primary school books online, personalized books, and arts and crafts books.

Personalized Books for a Unique Reading Experience

One of the standout features of Lilamigosnest is its range of personalized books. Whether your child

Being a parent can be fulfilling but a roller coaster ride. From the time that your baby is born, you will have to feed them, change their diaper, do their laundry and the responsibilities just keep piling on as they grow older. 

It can be difficult to keep up with all their work but thankfully we have apps these days that can help you manage your family’s schedule and keep up with your day-to-day activities. 

Here are the top ten apps that we have chosen that can help you out for parenting:

1- Hey! Vina

Free, IOS

If you are a new parent then this app is perfect for you. You can find other mothers in your area, connect and meet with them. 

This is useful if you want to ask other experienced mothers your doubts or make new mom friends if you have moved to a different city. 

2- Baby Connect 

Paid, IOS, Android

This app can help you manage and schedule your tasks starting from feeding your baby, naps, changing their diapers, any medication and doctor appointments. 

You can also add your

With the pandemic ongoing, you might be hesitant to send your kid trick-or-treating around the neighbourhood during these uncertain times. It is also not advisable due to various safety concerns. 

Nevertheless there are still a lot of ways you can make this holiday special for your kids and your family even if you all stay at home the entire night. 

Here are the top 8 ways you can celebrate Halloween at home with your kids:

1- Decorate pumpkins 

You can go pumpkin shopping with your kids and let them pick out their own pumpkins. 

Once they do pick them out and you get it back home, set them up in your backyards and allow your kids to decorate each of their pumpkins on their own. 

They can use glitters, markers, paints, buttons, anything to make their pumpkin look cool. 

2- Face painting

Even if the kids are going to be staying at home, there is no reason as to why they can’t have their face painted to look like different characters. 

Face painting is fun and inexpensive and a great

Halloween can be fun to celebrate with your kids by dressing them up in various costumes or going out trick-or-treating with them in the neighbourhood. 

Apart from this, you can also organise a small Halloween party at your home for your family and friends to make it more memorable for your kids. 

Here we have listed down some fun DIY activities that you can do at your house party:-

1- Witch Hat and Ring Tosses

Set up witch hats at a small distance from the starting line and allow your guests to try to toss their rings into these cones. 

You can even make your own rings by cutting a circle in a paper plate. 

2- Mummy Race

You have heard of sack race before but what about mummy sack race?

Here you wrap everyone’s legs with white crepe paper and the first one to be able to cross the finish line without the paper ripping wins the game. 

3- Skeleton shoot

You can draw skeletons over pieces of paper and attach them to strings. 

Kids can throw slimes at them and score points. 

4- Halloween

New born babies can be both exhausting and wonderful at the same time. For new parents, this means a ton of work as they learn to navigate this new role of parenthood. 

To make your lives easier, there are a few essential items that you should definitely buy before your new born arrives. This will ensure that you are more prepared for parenthood and it leads to less work for you down the road as a parent. 

Below we have listed down some essential baby items for your 1 year old baby:

1- Baby clothes

You will always need abundant clothes for your infants on the get-go because they are messy eaters and can poop a lot as well so you will have to change their clothes a lot. 

You can also prepare in advance by buying clothes a size up so that they can grow into it eventually in a month. 

2- Diapers

There are options to choose when it comes to diapers- disposable diapers or cloth diapers.

You should always have diapers in handy as they will need five diaper changes everyday. 

You can also

Babies can be challenging for a new parent to handle. You can be functioning on irregular sleep and getting behind on your work schedule. 

Babies need constant care and attention. They would want to be fed, changed and need constant attention from you but when your baby finally takes a nap, you can get some things done quickly. 

There are plenty of things that you can accomplish when your baby takes a nap. You can take a nap with them or in some cases, even complete your tasks for the day peacefully without any distractions.

Here are some tips to help you accomplish your tasks while your baby takes a nap:

1- Game plan

You can plan out a game plan for your day, week or the month on how to catch up on your work or other tasks around the house. 

By figuring out beforehand on what tasks you have for the day, it will be easier for you to complete them. 

2- Cleaning

When your baby takes a nap, you can do your cleaning around the house. 

Taking care of babies is a full- time job and this

Sometimes your child might find it difficult falling asleep and this can happen if they are facing night terrors. They can mumble, sleep walk or thrash around in bed and these are all experienced during night terrors.

Night terror is a type of disorder where a person is partially awake. It can be triggered by some stressful event that happens to a child. It can make them feel more anxious. 

It can be scary as a a parent to watch your child experience night terrors and not be able to sleep peacefully. The child might appear like they are awake but may be unresponsive when you call out their name. 

Here we have listed down some ways that help your child to deal with night terrors:-

1- Make sure your child wakes up and sleeps everyday at the same time. 

When they fall into a routine of waking up and sleeping at the exact same time, they won’t feel so anxious and will fall asleep easily. 

2- If your child is afraid to go to sleep because of how dark his room is then you can install a night

Parenting an aggressive child can be difficult but it’s not impossible as it comes with it own sets of challenges. 

Sometimes your kid might hit, bite or lick another child and that is a completely normal behaviour for their age group. It’s important for you to teach them gently at this age not to do this to other kids or adults.

Here are some ways you can teach your kids not to hit others: 

1- You have to be a good role model for your kid to watch and grow up as. So when your kid hits you, instead of shouting in pain, teach them that it hurts you and they will understand your pain.

If you do sometimes react out of pain, apologise for your behaviour so your kid learns that you care about their feelings.

2- If your kid hits you because they are aggressive due to a situation, you can choose to walk away from the situation immediately.

As you are walking away, you can let them know that you both can talk only when you both have calmed down. 

3- Try to teach your kids to put a label on

Your baby might be into tongue chewing which might amuse you as a parent. They might like to chew on their tongue because that is something new for them to do so. 

Tongue chewing among babies is actually pretty common and not something to usually worry about. 

Do read on to find out the common reasons as to why they do so, what you can do in this case and when can this habit become concerning. 

Here are some common reasons as to why babies chew on their tongues:-

1- They are discovering various parts of their body and exploring how to use them and when to use them. They move their tongue to explore how it feels and to chew. 

2- Sometimes babies might express how hungry they are by crying or chewing on their tongues. 

3- Chewing on their tongue can also be sort of a sucking reflex for the babies. 

4- It’s extremely uncomfortable for babies when they are teething. They can chew on their tongue to relive their pain and discomfort.

5- They may also chew on their tongues if they are trying